Saturday, May 4, 2013

THE LORDS OF SALEM (2012)




Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Judy Geeson, Dee Wallace, Patricia Quinn, Bruce Davison, Ken Foree, Meg Foster and Maria Conchita Alonso


Written and Directed by Rob Zombie

An Anchor Bay Films Release

MPAA Theatrical Rating: R



Zombie’s most accomplished and mature work to date is also his most ludicrous, which is especially hard to believe after HALLOWEEN II. Sheri Moon Zombie plays a Salem, MA disc jockey with a witch problem after a Satanic record is dropped off for her at the station. All kinds of interesting visuals abound but the script ultimately fails, once again making Zombie as writer/director his own worst enemy. After almost 80 minutes of poor storytelling, he just shits the bed and gives up in the third act, at which this whole mess devolves into an extended Rob Zombie music video punctuated by the Velvet Underground. You really want this film to be better than it is. With Andrew Prine, Michael Berryman, Clint Howard and Camille Keaton. - EH


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